Volume 1, Number 4 Cheshire’s Hometown Newspaper www.cheshirecitizen.com Thursday, October 4, 2012 The Cheshire Citizen PRSRT.STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Record-Journal SAT scores continue to improve By Andrew Ragali The Cheshire Citizen With the release of SAT scores from this spring, school officials can deter- mine the strengths and weak- nesses of their district. Read- ing, writing, and math scores have again improved, follow- ing a recent trend that school officials feel has less to do with test preparation and more to do with improved in- struction. Reading, math and writing scores have come in at aver- ages of 537, 556 and 536, re- spectively, from 2008 through 2011. Compared to those aver- ages, in 2012, reading scores have improved by eight Town Council alters recycling bin guidelines By Andrew Ragali The Cheshire Citizen The Town Council has changed guidelines for dis- tributing recycling contain- ers. At a recent public informa- tion session, councilors re- ceived a barrage of com- plaints that 96-gallon con- tainers are too large. Coun- cilors said they also received phone calls and emails ask- ing for 64-gallon containers. The town initially planned to order a higher ratio of the larger containers, but recon- sidered after a Solid Waste Committee meeting in Sep- tember. “When the (Solid Waste Committee) met...what we said was, quite frankly, the take-away from the public in- put session was that seniors in particular were concerned about the size of containers,” Council Chairman Tim Slocum said. The committee decided to up the order of the smaller bins from about 10 percent to 25 percent of the total order. Initially, only those homes with two bedrooms or fewer received the 64-gallon bins. Now, those who receive the smaller recycling containers include residents who are 65 or older and have no more than one person living with them, anyone who resides in single-floor condominium complexes, residents who qualify for disability tax ben- efits, those residing in a one- or two-bedroom home, and those eligible for rear yard pickup. To be eligible for rear yard pickup, homeowners must be at least 70 years old. Town Manager Michael Milone planned to reference the town’s voter list to come up with a final bin count. After the program starts, residents will have the option to change bin size after two months. See Recycle, page 4 Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek This whimsical piece called Magritte’s Smile was created by Cheshire resident Edward Tufte and collaborator Penny Humphrey. It’s one of several sculptures installed on his property. See pages 18 and 19 for an update on Tufte’s wide- ranging activities, and to view more of his art. Flying fish? See SAT, page 4 It’s apple-picking time Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek Three-year-old Gia and her mother, Jill Lennon, enjoyed the fall weather recently by filling their wagon with pumpkins and apples at Norton Broth- ers Fruit Farm on Academy Road. 1261437 SAVE 50% To purchase this deal, go to www.myrecordjournal.com/deal $47.50 for 95.00 Color, Cut and Style from Trendsetters in Cheshire
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Volume 1, Number 4 Cheshire’s Hometown Newspaper www.cheshirecitizen.com Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Record-Journal
SAT scores continueto improve
By Andrew Ragali The Cheshire Citizen
With the release of SATscores from this spring,school officials can deter-mine the strengths and weak-nesses of their district. Read-ing, writing, and math scoreshave again improved, follow-ing a recent trend that schoolofficials feel has less to do
with test preparation andmore to do with improved in-struction.
Reading, math and writingscores have come in at aver-ages of 537, 556 and 536, re-spectively, from 2008 through2011. Compared to those aver-ages, in 2012, reading scoreshave improved by eight
Town Council altersrecycling bin guidelines
By Andrew Ragali The Cheshire Citizen
The Town Council haschanged guidelines for dis-tributing recycling contain-ers.
At a recent public informa-tion session, councilors re-ceived a barrage of com-plaints that 96-gallon con-tainers are too large. Coun-cilors said they also receivedphone calls and emails ask-ing for 64-gallon containers.The town initially planned toorder a higher ratio of thelarger containers, but recon-sidered after a Solid WasteCommittee meeting in Sep-tember.
“When the (Solid WasteCommittee) met...what wesaid was, quite frankly, thetake-away from the public in-put session was that seniorsin particular were concernedabout the size of containers,”Council Chairman TimSlocum said.
The committee decided toup the order of the smallerbins from about 10 percent to25 percent of the total order.Initially, only those homeswith two bedrooms or fewerreceived the 64-gallon bins.
Now, those who receive thesmaller recycling containersinclude residents who are 65or older and have no morethan one person living with
them, anyone who resides insingle-floor condominiumcomplexes, residents whoqualify for disability tax ben-efits, those residing in a one-or two-bedroom home, andthose eligible for rear yardpickup.
To be eligible for rear yardpickup, homeowners must beat least 70 years old. TownManager Michael Miloneplanned to reference thetown’s voter list to come upwith a final bin count.
After the program starts,residents will have the optionto change bin size after twomonths.
See Recycle, page 4
Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek
This whimsical piece called Magritte’s Smile was created by Cheshire residentEdward Tufte and collaborator Penny Humphrey. It’s one of several sculpturesinstalled on his property. See pages 18 and 19 for an update on Tufte’s wide-ranging activities, and to view more of his art.
Flying fish?
See SAT, page 4
It’s apple-picking time
Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek
Three-year-old Gia and her mother, Jill Lennon,enjoyed the fall weather recently by filling theirwagon with pumpkins and apples at Norton Broth-ers Fruit Farm on Academy Road.
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Fritz: Don’t reclassifyCheshire prison
By Andrew Ragali The Cheshire Citizen
State Rep. Mary G. Fritz isquestioning the motives ofthe Office of Policy and Man-agement in deciding to nolonger consider the WebsterCorrectional Institution aprison - meaning significant-ly less money from the statewill be coming to town.
Fritz, who holds the seat inthe 90th state House District,which includes Cheshire,also believes the statute gov-erning reimbursement mon-ey for municipalities, whereprisons are located, is beingmisinterpreted by the state.OPM Friday defended its rea-soning and its decision.
On Jan. 15, 2010, in re-sponse to a request from Gov.M. Jodi Rell to find ways tosave money in difficult eco-nomic times, the prison wasclosed. Cheshire continued toreceive 100 percent propertytax reimbursement for the fa-cility. But over the summer,the town was notified that thereimbursement rate woulddrop to 45 percent becausethe prison was no longer oc-cupied. Due to the change,the town unexpectedly lost$200,000 in revenue for thecurrent fiscal year, money
Cheshire had counted on inits budget.
“I’m very disappointed inOPM,” said Fritz, who assist-ed in establishing the state’stax reimbursement programin the early 90s. “I cannot ra-tionalize where they’re com-ing from...I’m hoping it isn’tretaliatory action.”
The town has a pendinglawsuit against the Depart-ment of Correction claimingthe state isn’t fully reimburs-ing it for the amount of wastecoming from Cheshire Cor-rectional Institution — one ofthe town’s two remainingopen prisons — and treated atthe wastewater treatmentplant.
Fritz, along with Cheshireofficials including TownManager Michael Milone,questioned whether OPM’saction is retaliatory becauseof the lawsuit.
“This is absolutely not re-taliation and it is flat-outwrong to suggest it is,” saidGian-Carl Casa, undersecre-tary for legislative affairs atOPM, in an email response.“We don’t do business thatway.”
Casa said proof of a lack ofbias in OPM’s decision is thatit’s also cutting funding to
Mansfield.“Bergin Correctional Fa-
cility in Mansfield wasclosed last year,” Casa said.“When Mansfield is reim-bursed for the first year inwhich there weren’t prison-ers, they also will be reim-bursed at 45 percent for theformer prison.”
An excerpt from 12-19a(Chapter 12, Title 201) of theGeneral Statutes of Con-necticut states that reim-bursement from OPM isequal to: “one hundred per-cent of the property taxeswhich would have been paidwith respect to any facilitydesignated by the Commis-sioner of Correction ... to bea correctional facility ad-ministered under the aus-pices of the Department ofCorrection or a juvenile de-tention center under direc-tion of the Department ofChildren and Families thatwas used for incarcerativepurposes during the preced-ing fiscal year.”
Casa said that because theprison isn’t occupied, andhasn’t been for more than ayear, the state is within itsrights in reducing reim-
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Karyn and Mark Thompson, of Cheshire, wereamong more than 800 people who attended a lec-ture by former “ABC World News” anchor and“Good Morning America” host Charles Gibson atQuinnipiac University. Gibson’s lecture, “The(Im)Balance of Power in Washington: How ThingsWent Off the Rails and How They Can Be Fixed,”was part of the many events offered at the univer-sity to celebrate Constitution Week. Mark Thomp-son is the senior vice president for academic andstudent affairs at Quinnipiac. See Prison, page 15
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Slocum said he thoughtthere will still be unhappypeople, “but at least we cansay we tried,” he said.
The town has set a “softdeadline” of Thanksgivingfor the $480,000 automatedsingle-stream recycling pro-gram to begin, according toMilone, But first the townmust order containers anddeliver them to residents. Heisn’t sure how fast containerscan be manufactured and dis-tributed. Also, the town’swaste hauler, A.J. Waste, isawaiting a special truck.
RecycleContinued from page 1
SATContinued from page 1
points, to 545; math scoreshave improved by 10 points,to 566; and writing scoreshave improved by five points,to 541.
“With respect to ourgrowth, anytime you see posi-tive growth, you can be proudof that,” Cheshire HighSchool Principal Jeff Solansaid. The improved scores arenot a reflection of any system-
atic effort to increase studyingfor the SAT, he said, but “morea systematic effort to improveinstruction.”
“Through improved in-struction through all levels, itimproves scores,” Solan said.
School SuperintendentGreg Florio said that, whilemath scores have been consis-tently strong in Cheshire,there has been emphasis onwriting and a focus on readingacross disciplines in recentyears. The focus means offer-ing higher level classes and
“more complex and challeng-ing reading.”
Solan is in his first year atthe high school, but had ahand in developing many stu-dents now taking the SAT atthe high school while he wasprincipal at Dodd MiddleSchool. He said there was astrong push to improve writ-ing while he was at the middleschool.
“What we were trying to dois help students be good atevaluating and synthesizinginformation and translatingwhat they know,” Solan said.“At the end of the day, it comesdown to the practicality ofstudents reading, writing andmath skills.”
“Almost all seniors take theSAT,” Florio said. However,scores haven’t flattened outeven though the percentage ofstudents taking the test ishigh.
Solan also noted that “Fam-ilies in the community are ahuge part of the equation.”
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Active Singles has scheduled a singles cruise Feb. 1-9 onThe Brilliance of the Sea (Royal Caribbean). The trip is allinclusive with airport parking. Lodging and meals includ-ed. For more information, call Charlie at (203) 271-2125 or(860) 489-9611 or visit www.activesingles.org. Reservationsmust be booked soon.
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Wailonis returns to Dodd - for a whileBy Andrew Ragali
The Cheshire Citizen
In 2008, after 37 years withthe school district, the last 16as principal of Dodd MiddleSchool, Don Wailonis re-tired. Now, four years afterleaving Dodd, Wailonis isback as the school’s interimprincipal.
“I love being with the kidsand teachers,” Wailonis said.“It’s what I love doing.”
Wailonis retired fouryears ago after he began tir-ing of the night work in-volved in being an adminis-trator because it took himaway from his family. Sixmonths after leaving, Doddsaid, he felt better.
“I was revitalized,” Wailo-nis said. “And I was itchy. Ihad to look for something todo.”
Over the years, Wailonishas filled interim adminis-trative positions in Water-town, Ellington and WindsorLocks and served as an edu-cational consultant and tu-tored special education stu-dents.
He found his way back totown when he was appointedacting principal at HighlandSchool last year. Then his oldjob at Dodd opened up thissummer after Jeffrey Solan,
who replaced Wailonis atDodd, took over as principalat Cheshire High School afterKevin Ryan unexpectedly re-signed.
While the search for a per-manent principal for Doddcontinues, School Superin-tendent Greg Florio feltWailonis was the best personto take the helm.
“He certainly knows thebuilding, and the staff knowsDon very well,” Florio said.
The tight-knit relationshipWailonis shares with Solanwas key to the seamlesschange at Dodd. Solan washired as assistant principal atDodd in 2005, and for threeyears he was a protégé ofWailonis. The experiencedprincipal showed Solan theins and outs of the school.When Wailonis left, Solancontinued running the schoolin much the same way Wailo-
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nis did for 16 years.“When I came into this
school year, Jeff left me a setof instructions, just like Itaught him,” Wailonis said.He said sometimes he sits inhis office and feels the needto pinch himself because be-
ing back in the office he occu-pied for 16 years seems unre-al.
“Don’s personality, workethic and knowledge havemade the transition back toDodd so seamless,” Solansaid.
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Residents will soon seetheir dessert options expandwith the opening of Froy-oworld, a frozen yogurt fran-chise on Route 10.
“We’ve anticipated this formonths,” Cheshire Chamberof Commerce President Shel-don Dill said. “We’ve beenlooking forward to it.”
The shop currently is hir-ing for the new location at191 Highland Ave. The firstFroyowold self-serve frozenyogurt lounge was opened onAug. 5, 2010, in New Haven.The chain now has eight lo-cations in the state, two inPuerto Rico and Massachu-setts, and one in Rhode Is-land. A location on QueenStreet in Southington is alsoawaiting its opening.
Susan Chung-Bok, of theFroyoworld developmentteam, said the Cheshire loca-tion is already receiving pos-itive feedback from residentswaiting for its opening.
The franchise takes pridein its design and atmosphere.Chung-Bok said attention ispaid to every detail, “fromthe music we play, to the am-biance we create with colorsand lighting.”
Economic DevelopmentCoordinator Jerry Sitko saidthat the town has been get-ting inquiries in anticipationof the frozen yogurt chain’sarrival. “I think it’s going todo very well,” he said.
The announcement of aFroyoworld in Cheshirecame last winter, with the ex-pectation that the shopwould open in May. The open-ing was delayed and there isstill no official opening date,although job applicants werebeing interviewed Thursday.
Dill said he feels the fran-chise will thrive due to its ex-cellent location and nicheproduct. Dill said he’s glad tosee another storefront open-ing with the economy theway it is. He said he imaginesan already busy area gettingbusier with the addition ofFroyoworld.
In entering the businessmarket of Cheshire, Froy-oworld is not looking to com-pete with ice cream parlors.The franchise feels that it of-fers a healthy alternative toice cream. “It’s always goodto offer more options fordessert,” Chung-Bok said.Froyoworld offers 45 top-pings and eight to 12 rotatingflavors. Chung-Bok saidOriginal Tart is the signa-ture flavor of the franchise.
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Ethan Ullring, left, and pal Adrian Ali got a chance tocheck out the tractors at Norton Brothers FruitFarm, before picking out their pumpkins.
Chamberluncheon
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Dr. David Sack, gas-troenterologist and Dr.David Hyman, DDS den-tist, will speak about can-cer awareness and preven-tion. A fee is charged. Thepublic is welcome.
For more informationand reservations, call (203) 272-2345 or visitcheshirechamber.org.
Bridge luncheonThe Cheshire Women’s Club has scheduled a bridge
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Walkway dedication at Doolittle Oct. 9By Andrew Ragali
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Through the cooperativeeffort of the school commu-nity, a new brick walkwayhas become the pride ofDoolittle School.
Before the construction ofthe new courtyard walkwayin August, the outdoor areahad a gravel pathway.
“This was the most hard-to-maintain gravel,” saidJanet Blake, a school volun-teer who helped organize theeffort.
While Blake was workingin the courtyard in thespring, town maintenanceworkers were trimmingtrees and talking about thenew walkway at NortonSchool’s courtyard.
“They said, ‘Why don’tyou do something like that?’” Blake said.
After speaking about thepossibility of a fundraisingeffort with Susan Green-berg, who at the time headedthe Beautification Commit-tee, Blake went to the Doolit-tle Parent-Teacher Associa-tion to get permission. AtNorton, volunteers soldcommemorative bricks toraise money, which paid formaterials and labor. Blakeand other volunteers decid-ed to do the same.
The walkway starts at theentrance to the courtyardand expands into a circle infront of a wooden amphithe-ater previously donated byBoy Scouts. Students use thewalkway to observe insects
and plants for school proj-ects, and sit in the amphithe-ater for reading sessions.
During the spring, thePTA invited communitymembers to commemoratetheir children’s experiencesat Doolittle by buying en-graved bricks. Many class-rooms came together and do-nated bricks as a whole, withthe name of their teacherand year included.
With the donated fundsand some help from thetown, the PTA hired Mingri-no’s Landscaping, of Meri-den.
The new walkway is popu-lar. Blake said that when thecourtyard opened, teacherskept scanning the bricks to
See Walkway, page 25
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meeting and luncheon. Thepublic is welcome to the 1p.m. program, Lucinda’sHair. Lucinda’s Hair is hairstudio that specializes in as-sisting people suffering fromnatural and medical hairloss including chemotherapy.The Cheshire Women’s Clubmeets on the first Thursdayof each month. For more in-formation, call Trudy at
(203) 272-1772.Rummage sale - The
First CongregationalChurch, 111 Church St., hasscheduled a church rum-mage sale for Thursday, Oct.4, from 1 to 6:30 p.m.
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Football - Cheshire vs.
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Girls swimming -Cheshire vs. West Haven atCheshire Community Pool,7 p.m.
Girls volleyball -Cheshire vs. Jonathan Lawat Cheshire High, WestGym, 6:30 p.m.
Rummage sale - TheFirst CongregationalChurch, 111 Church St., hasscheduled a church rum-mage sale for Friday, Oct. 5,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Dance fundraiser -Cheshire Interfaith Hous-ing has scheduled a dancefundraiser for Saturday,Oct. 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. atLane Construction, 90 Field-stone Ct. The dance fea-tures the Nifty Fifties Band.A fee is charged; BYOB. Formore information and tick-ets, call Andrew Saslow at(203) 464-3656. Tickets willbe available at the door.
Take steps, makestrides - Take Steps, Makestrides to benefit childrenand adults with intellectualdisabilities through theJohn J. Nerden RTC Campis scheduled for Saturday,
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Rummage sale - TheFirst CongregationalChurch, 111 Church St., hasscheduled a church rum-mage sale for Saturday, Oct.6, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Boys Soccer - Cheshirevs. Guilford at CheshireHigh main game field, 6p.m.
Girls soccer - Cheshirevs. Daniel Hand at DHHSTurf Field, noon.
Field hockey - Cheshirevs. New Canaan at Dun-ning Stadium, 3 p.m.
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Girls swimming -Cheshire vs. Daniel Hand atCheshire Community Pool,7 p.m.
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Music in Motion -Cheshire High SchoolMarching Ram Band hasscheduled its 29th annualMusic in Motion for Satur-day, Oct. 13, from 4 to 10p.m. at Cheshire HighSchool. The event features
musical performances bytop high school marchingbands. A fee is charged. Formore information, [email protected].
Pumpkin Fest - St. Pe-ter’s Episcopal Church, 59Main St., has scheduled itsPumpkin Fest for Saturday,Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Rain date is Oct. 14.The festival includes food,bounce houses, games,races, DJ, vocal and danceperformances and pumpkin
decorating. Children 12 andunder are encouraged tocome in Halloween cos-tumes and join the parade.Free parking is available atand near the church. Pleaseleave pets at home. Formore information, call (203)271-3939
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bursement rates to that ofother state-owned property,which is 45 percent. “A build-ing without prisoners isn’t aprison,” she said. “That is asimple fact. The statutory re-imbursement rate for stateproperty other than prisonsis 45 percent.”
Fritz believes this to beuntrue, and thinks that timehas skewed interpretation ofthe statute. She said she be-lieves the program was cre-ated to address land, not justthe buildings occupying theland. The prison sits on 300acres of property the towncannot use, and thereforeCheshire should be fully re-imbursed for land the towncannot develop and prosperfrom, she said.
“The PILOT (Payment inLieu of Taxes) addresses theland, too,” Fritz said. “Theseprisons weren’t even builtyet when the program wasestablished. They were stillin the stage of construction.So reimbursement is actual-ly based on the use of theland. That’s a valid argu-ment.”
She mentioned that sheworked together withWilliam Carbone (now of thestate Judicial Branch) on thePILOT program, and said he
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recalled agreements beingoriginally based on land, notbuilding usage.
When reached this week,Carbone declined to com-ment on the issue.
Republican Guy Darter,who is opposing Fritz in the90th District race this No-vember, agrees with the in-cumbent on this issue.
“They’re using the land, sothey owe us the money,” hesaid. “They should fund thetown 100 percent if that’swhat they said they woulddo.”
Fritz also argues that eventhough closed as a prison, theWebster facility will still beused, as a dispatch center forstate police.
Casa said that the dispatchcenter isn’t related to why theprison originally receivedfull reimbursement.
“The reason the reim-bursement for prisons wasset at 100 percent was to over-come difficulties in siting thefacilities,” Casa said. “Thosesiting problems stemmedfrom citizens’ concernsabout inmates and publicsafety, not because therewould someday be a dispatchcenter there.”
Fritz said she plans to meetwith Milone and state offi-cials from OPM and the De-partment of Correction totalk about the issue.
The only other Denali store,located in Wakefield, R.I.,opened earlier this month.
Karen Brown, marketingmanager of Denali and affili-ated retailers — Trailblazerand Enclave — said the com-pany is planning a soft open-ing in early November. The re-tailer is pushing for an officialgrand opening on Nov. 17.
“Cheshire is a thrivingcommunity,” Brown said. “It’sa location that could benefitand embrace our store.”
Sitko said he feels fortunatethe Denali chose Cheshire,providing more diversity tothe town’s retailers. With a
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Froyoworld opening at the endof the week in the same plaza,Sitko is excited. Froyoworldsells frozen yogurt.
The Denali brand is an ex-tension of Trailblazer, and of-fers a product line with morevariety. There is an Enclavestore in New Haven, and aTrailblazer shop at MoheganSun.
Brown said customer serv-ice is extremely important at
Denali, adding that sales as-sociates are educated aboutthe latest clothing and tech-nology trends. Cheshire is aperfect location for the storebecause of the many recre-ational activities residentshave close by, including thelinear trail, other hikingtrails and a ski area.
“I think it’s going to be aperfect fit,” she said. “I’mlooking forward to it.
Elim Park seeks project volunteersElim Park is seeking volunteers to assist with projects
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Durocher familyChrist Community Church, 120 Main St., has scheduled the Durocher family for Tues-
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Admission is free but a freewill offering will be taken. For more information about theconcert, call Christ Community Church at (203) 272-6344. For more information on theDurocher family visit www.durocherfamilyministries.com.
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ExcellencenotedGlen Worthy, aCheshire resident, waschosen for excellenceas part of a group of100 outstanding edu-cators nationwide toparticipate in theAmerica Achieves Fel-lowship for Teachersand Principals. Worthyis principal of Hill Cen-tral Elementary Schoolin New Haven. AmericaAchieves is a non-prof-it organization sup-ported by BloombergPhilanthropies as wellas funding from the Bill& Melinda Gates Foun-dation. It was launchedin 2010 as part of theinaugural NBC NewsEducation Nation Sum-mit. As part of theAmerica Achieves Fel-lowship Program, Wor-thy participated in theNBC News EducationNation Summit, a na-tional conference heldSept. 23 to 25 in NewYork City, to discussthe state of educationin America. To readmore about Worthy, goto www.cheshireciti-zen.com.
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Scholastic achievementsMichael Purcell, Daniel Tomanelli and Zachary
Ziobrowski, of Cheshire, have been named commendedstudents in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram. They are seniors at Xavier High School.
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Graveyard, 5:45 to 11 p.m. A fee is charged, and cost in-cludes bus, admission and rides. Open to Cheshire resi-dents in grades 6 through 8. Limited to 50 participants.Rain date Oct. 13.
CHS takes precautions after discovering unsettling messageBy Eric Heredia
Special to The Citizen
Cheshire High SchoolPrincipal Jeff Solan re-quested increased police
presence at the high schoolOct. 2 in response to graffitidiscovered on a stall in aboys’ bathroom.
Solan said in an email toparents Monday that the
message had “taken on a lifeof its own.”
It makes an ominous ref-erence to Oct. 2, attributedto the “Mayans.” Solan saidthe historic Mayan calendarwas the topic of a socialstudies class Monday and hebelieves the message was
probably just an “inappro-priate statement,” but theadministration is takingprecautions anyway.
“We are actively investi-gating the situation to iden-tify who wrote this mes-
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The man who saved FreshMeadows talks about his goals
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
( Edward Tufte talks aboutopen space, the nature ofpoliticized groups and the vi-brancy of homegrown ac-tivism, as well as how one ofhis properties may keep giv-ing long after he’s gone.)
He’s been called The Min-ister of Information and theda Vinci of Data. EdwardTufte - ET is what he invitesyou to call him - could becalled a Renaissance man.
He has taught politicalscience at Princeton. He isprofessor emeritus of politi-cal science, computer sci-ence and statistics at Yale.He was part of the EconomicRecovery Advisory panel forthe Obama administration.He is a self-published andbest-selling author. He’s alsoan artist and sculptor withhis own studio, ET Modern,in the Chelsea art district inNew York City.
There’s even an cult-likefollowing of Tufte devotees:those who know him for hiswork in analytic design andvisualization; those hetaught who would call him abeloved and respectedteacher, and there’s also agrowing fan base in awe ofhis artwork. (See photos op-posite page.)
Cheshire residents mightjust know and remember
him as the plucky local guy,a Yale professor of statis-tics, who fought a gentle-manly fight against a landdevelopment project backin the mid-1980s. He wonthat fight besting develop-ers, the town and the Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion.
As Tufte recalls, the de-velopment already seemedas if it was a done deal.This particular parcel -wetland, bog and meadow -was earmarked to beturned into a high-densitysub-division with threeballparks. The land abuttedhis property as well as hisneighbors’ - and they want-ed a say.
Out of this situation, theCheshire Neighborhood As-sociation was formed; agroup of about 10 neigh-bors. Together they foughtand also got other residentsinterested in their cause,collecting nearly 2,000names on a petition. Tuftealmost beams when he re-calls residents arriving bythe busload to attend Plan-ning and Zoning meetingsin a show of solidarity withTufte and his group.
The Cheshire Neighbor-hood Group ultimatelybought the land. In thatway, said Tufte, they would
Photo courtesy of ET Modern
Cheshire resident Edward Tufte with Magritte’s Smile.
Thursday, Oct. 4Board of Education, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.
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not have to fight off the nextdeveloper, or the next. Thegroup then turned aroundand donated the 32-acres tothe Cheshire Land Trust. Inthis way, the property, nowknown as Fresh Meadows,would forever be kept unde-veloped.
It can be used by the pub-lic for passive recreationalactivities only, such walksand birding. There are trailson the site, some wooded,but some offer wonderfulviews of Tufte’s spectacularsculptures just across themeadows and on the other
side of the property line. The point was to make
Fresh Meadows open space,said Tufte. “It was a cleargoal.”
Political and quasi-politi-cal groups “tend to fossilizethrough their inability tomove,” said Tufte, makingreference to the environ-ment of town officials andcommittees they were facedwith at the time. Out of it,however, he also came to re-alize that “… a very highly-focused group of neighborscould accomplish things.”
It also helped that thegroup took the advice ofthen-environmental lawyerPeter Cooper’s philosophyto “work to solve the prob-
lem.” “Politics,” Tufte believes,
“should be about solvingproblems.” In the case ofFresh Meadows, Tuftethought everyone actedfairly rational. “I always tryto remember that your op-ponent today might be yourally tomorrow. You don’tburn bridges.”
Tufte said all parties in-volved won: Elim Park, thedeveloper and especiallythe public. Furthermore,“People saw how easy it wasto buy open land, and thattriggered a whole series ofreferendums, which passedeasily, to buy open space.”
That passion to continueto buy open space is some-
thing Tufte feels is in thebest interest of the resi-dents, and unfortunatelythat momentum, he fears,has lapsed from the initialburst of energy.
Since then, Tufte has in-volved himself in openspace issues only on occa-sion. On a hot button topicof development, Tufte saidhe is happy to be a witnessto the end of large-scale res-idential buildings on smallpostage-stamp sized lots.
From the victory ofFresh Meadows, Tufte’s fo-cus naturally moved to oth-er passions of his. “Thereare so many interestingthings out there,” he said.
One important achieve-
ment of note, is his work onthe Recovery.gov site withthe Independent AdvisoryPanel for the Obama Ad-ministration. The purposeof the site is to show trans-parency in the Recovery Actmonies being spent.
A firm believer in publicservice, Tufte’s acquisitionof a 200 acre tree farm inWoodbury is not just land tocreate art and show hissculptures. The land, calledHogpen Hill Farm, is beingseeded for future public use.If all progresses as planned,Tufte’s intention is to cre-ate a foundation that will al-low Hogpen Hill to eventu-ally be used for open space.
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Cheshire resident Ed-ward Tufte’s (alsoknown as ET) sculp-tures are strategicallyplaced throughout hisCheshire property.
Left, Spring Arcs settleinto the landscape nextto a portion of the Es-caping Flatlands instal-lation.
The Millstone series of sculpturesis seen in the photo below left.
Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek
Above, an incredible viewof the Cheshire propertywith Tufte’s installationssituated for the best view-ing. To find out moreabout Tufte’s art or to re-quest a group tour of ET’soutdoor sculptures go towww.EdwardTufte.com.
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players last week about thisbecause we have a virtuallynew team from last year, andthey told me they were wor-ried about losing because oflast year’s record,” Bavonesaid. “I told them that I neverexpect to go undefeated andthat if they play ‘not to lose’they will surely lose.
“We are really just trying tofocus on getting some consis-tency with the group we haveand improving with eachmatch.”
With eight players from the2011 squad graduating, a new
Ram Notes
Girls soccerCheshire 6, Wilbur
Cross 0: Nicole Stauffer hada hat trick in the Rams’ SCCinterdivisional blanking ofthe Governors in Cheshire.
Como and LillyDolyak both fin-ished with two as-sists. Goalie NatalieReynolds had four stops inthe shutout for the Rams, 4-1overall.
Keeper Kelsie Connorsmade five saves for Cross, 1-5.
Cheshire 5, Sheehan 0:Alexandra Pelletier had twosecond-half goals and an as-sist to lead the Rams over thevisiting Titans in an SCCHousatonic match.
Jenna Hart, Lauren Comoand Nicole Stauffer scoredgoals in the first 26 minutesof the game for Cheshire, 5-1and 2-0. Como and Kelsie Car-lette added assists.
Natalie Reynolds ofCheshire had eight saves.Sheehan’s Joelle Markantho-ny stopped 16.
Sheehan is 2-1-2, 0-1-1.Cheshire 0, Shelton 0: The
Rams and Gaels played to aSCC Housatonic deadlock un-der the lights in Shelton.Goalie Natalie Reynoldsmade five saves for Cheshire,5-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in thedivision. Micaela Joyce hadseven in net for Shelton, 5-0-2and 3-0-1.
Boys soccerLyman Hall 1, Cheshire
0: Jacob Struble scored thegame’s only goal in the firsthalf to lead Lyman Hall to a1-0 SCC Housatonic victoryover Cheshire.
Struble scored whatproved to be the game win-ner at the 31:20 mark of thefirst half after Cheshirekeeper Matthew Skydel(eight saves) blocked a shotby LH’s Rena Garcia. GoalieRob O’Byrne made 10 savesin net to help the rebound
goal stand up for the Tro-jans, 1-3-1 overall and 1-1-0.
“It’s a huge win,” LHcoach Arnie Jandreau said.“We haven’t beaten Cheshirein about seven years We’veplayed well all year long, but
we’ve struggled toscore. I told thekids, ‘You’ve got tobelieve in your-selves.’ We felt wewere the betterteam and the kidscame through.”
Cheshire dippedto 2-2-1 overall and 1-1-0 inthe Housy.
Field hockeyCheshire 8, Sheehan 0:
Michelle Federico scoredtwo goals and added five as-sists in Cheshire’s 8-0 SCCHousy victory over Sheehan.
Cheshire (6-0 overall) tal-lied all eight of its goals afterhalftime. Emma Farrelscored twice, while KathleenLima, Eric Stauffer, OliviaLarson and Kya O’Donnellalso found the back of thenet.
Miranda Garcia chippedin with a pair of assists inhelping goalies LaurenFountain and Maddie Levycombine for the shut out.
Carly Fimniak made 28saves between the pipes forSheehan, 0-5 overall.
Cheshire 5, Hamden 1:Emma Farrel totaled threegoals and one assist to sparkunbeaten Cheshire to a 5-1victory over previously un-beaten Hamden.
Michelle Federico andKathleen Lima each had agoal and an assist for theRams, 7-0. Olivia Larson alsohad an assist for Cheshire,which outshot Hamden 15-2.Lauren Fountain (0 saves)and Maddie Levy (2 saves)shared goaltending dutiesfor the Rams.
Zoe Fanolis had the onlygoal for Hamden, 5-1.
Cross countryThe Cheshire girls, with 73
points, placed second toWilton (51 points) in the
CHS ‘Hand’-led in Week 3
Photo by Justin Weekes
After starting the season with back-to-back victories, the Cheshire High Schoolfootball team came up short Friday night to Daniel Hand of Madison. See page24 for more. Pictured: Cheshire’s Vincent Sansone finds room to maneuver inthe Rams’ Week 1 win over Shelton.
New-look volleyballteam rolling along
By Sarah GomesSpecial to The Citizen
Coming off a perfect 18-0regular season in 2011, theCheshire High girls volleyballteam picked up right where itleft off, winning sevenstraight matches to open itscurrent campaign.
Despite the fast start, CHScoach Sue Bavone is not satis-fied with her team’s play.
“We have been playing veryinconsistently and have play-ers who have been playingwith a bit of nerves,” she said.“We have the skill to be a verygood team, and we’re workingon playing with confidenceand consistency.”
Is there pressure for thissquad to replicate last year’sundefeated regular season?The answer is yes.
“I actually spoke with my
See Ram Notes, next page
team this season was immi-nent. Amanda Palladino andBrittney Gunneson are theonly returning starters.
“The biggest hole that weneed to fill is the setter rolethat was vacated by GinaBuzzelli,” Bavone said. “Wehave been utilizing juniorKathleen Hastie and sopho-more Sarah Rodgers as set-ters this year, (while) also fill-ing a middle hitter position,vacated by Kelly Gunnesonand our libero, vacated by co-captain and SCC champi-onship MVP Kerry Chavoya.”
The Rams have weatheredthe loss in personnel.
“I think our success can beattributed to several things,starting with the consistencyand dedication of our coach-ing staff,” Bavone said. “I
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Ram NotesContinued from page 23
Gridders fall hard to HandBy Ted Moynihan
Special to The Citizen
Hand showed why it is the No. 3ranked team in the state Fridaynight with a 35-7 win over previous-ly unbeaten Cheshire in a rare gameplayed on the artificial turf field be-hind the Madison high school.
Despite the one-sided win that ex-tended the Tigers record to 3-0, eventhough they dominated the line ofscrimmage to run up 315 yards onthe ground, veteran Hand coachSteve Filippone was not happy withhis team’s performance.
“I’m very happy with our runninggame,” Filippone said. “Our offen-sive line did a great job. But we are ateam that needs to throw the ball 35times a game. With the guys we’vegot coming down the pipe, likeXavier, if we can’t throw the ball,we’re in trouble.
“We expect to win every game,”Filippone added. “Above that, we ex-pect to get better with every game.We are not used to blown assign-ments.”
Hand took control of the gamewith a 57-yard drive after the Ramswon the toss and deferred to the sec-ond half. Quarterback BrendanBilcheck sparked the march with 28rushing yards on draw plays, includ-ing a key fourth-and-10 run for an 18-yard gain.
“We just didn’t play fundamentaldefense,” Rams coach Don Drustsaid. “At some point you have tomake plays. When you have themfourth-and-10 and you let a quarter-back draw go for a first down, well.Hand is a good football team andwhen you play a good football team,you can’t make those kinds of mis-takes.”
Hand came right back on its next
possession to up the margin to 14-0with a 67-yard drive. Ian O’Toole gotthe drive started with 22-yard runbefore Bilcheck ran for 23 more.
Bilcheck connected with Kyle An-derson from 22 yards out for a 21-0lead when Kyle Phan booted thethird of his five successful extrapoints.
“We knew the quarterback couldrun the ball, so we put six men in thebox,” Drust said. “But their frontseven can really play.”
Ironically, Cheshire had morepassing yards than the aerial-happyTigers. Rams quarterback VincentSansone connected on 8-of-17 passesfor 95 yards, while Hand quarter-backs Matthew Sullivan, Hayden At-water and Bilcheck were 14-of-26 forjust 81 yards.
Hand had a wide advantage on theground, however. O’Toole carried 14times for 116 yards, while Bilcheck
chipped in with 114 on just six car-ries. Junior Daniel Rogers added 64yards on seven attempts.
Cheshire finally got on the boardwhen Sansone hooked up with ErikPierson for a 25-yard touchdown.Matt D’Andrea added the extrapoint.
“The first team defense bent a lot,but it didn’t break,” Filippone said.“They pulled together when theyhad to.”
Sam Pascale led the Cheshireground game with 92 yards on 20carries. Sansone added 60 yards on11 carries.
The game was moved to the highschool when heavy afternoon rainsleft the Surf Club’s grass field un-playable.
“We will never play on this fieldagain,” Filippone smiled. “We’reundefeated here and we want tokeep it that way.”
have only had three assistantcoaches in the 19 years I havebeen at CHS and all have beenformer players.
“We also have a large num-ber of (current) players whoplay in the off-season in orderto improve their skills. Wehave a tradition of successand I believe the players takepride in the accomplishmentsof past teams.”
Bavone looks to her fiveseniors, Meredith Bryden,Sarah Crooker, Brittney Gun-neson, Amanda Palladino andLisa Walle, to lead the Ramsthis fall.
“My former athletic direc-tor, Wayne Candela, would al-ways say that a team is ‘onlyas good as its senior leader-ship’ and we will be lookingfor our five seniors to lead theteam and make all of the newplayers feel comfortable.”
If that happens, look forCHS to once again be in thethick of things when the post-season rolls around.
“We hope to have securedour fifth consecutiveHousatonic Division Champi-onship, be playing in the SCCtournament and vying for an-other championship,” Bavonesaid.
finishers were Natalie Wick-enheisser (12th in 21:01); LizCunningham (17th in 21:28);Kendra Brown (21st in 21:44);Kimmi Grove (22nd in 21:46);Julie Trifone (25th in 21:55);Sharon Bian (29th in 22:22).
VolleyballCheshire 3, Amity 1:
Amanda Palladino collected16 kills, three blocks and
third with 80 points.Sydney Over of Windsor
was first in 19:31 over the 3.1-mile course. KathleenKalbian of Cheshire was sec-ond in 20:03. Other Cheshire
four digs in the Rams’ SCCHousy victory over the Spar-tans in Cheshire.
Cheshire (7-0 overall, 3-0in the division) won by gamescores of 25-16, 24-26, 25-21and 25-12. Also contributingto the victory were BeccaLigi (10 kills), Eryn Dorsey(10 digs) and Sarah Rodgers(28 assists, 13 digs).
Amity is 5-2 and 1-1.
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NORTH HAVEN. 3 BR, singlefamily home, w/d hookup. Nopets. $1350. No utilities. CallQuality Realty 203-949-1904
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We accept most insurances. Flexible financing available.
